African Journal of
History and Culture

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Hist. Cult.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6672
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJHC
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 197

Full Length Research Paper

Hanging by the fibre of a woven cultural thread: Religious body marks of the indigenous Ga Ethnic Group of Ghana

Alice Korkor Ebeheakey
  • Alice Korkor Ebeheakey
  • Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
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  •  Received: 11 March 2024
  •  Accepted: 14 June 2024
  •  Published: 30 June 2024

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Amartey A (1990). Omanye Aba. Accra: Publisher not identified.

 

 

Ankrah KD (2012). Tribal (Facial and Bodily) Marks in African Culture. Trip Down Memory Lane: View

 

 

Astrow AB, Puchalski CM, Sulmasy DP (2001). Religion, Spirituality and Health Care: Social, Ethical and Practical Considerations. American Journal of Medicine 110(4):283-287.
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Ayeni OA, Ayeni OO, Jackson R (2007). Observations on the procedural aspects and health effects of scarification in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 11(6):217-221.
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Chano Metal (2012). Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas Mexicanos. Taringa:

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Chowdhury MF (2014). Interpretivism in aiding our understanding of the contemporary social world. Open Journal of Philosophy 4:432-438.
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Cromwell T (1994). Essentials of the Unification Principle-Teachings of Sun Myung Moon. New York: The Interreligious Leadership Seminar.

 

 

Cullivan L (1998). The Meanings Behind the Marks: Scarification and the People of Wa. African Diaspora ISPs, 4 p.

 

 

DeMello M (2007). Encyclopedia of Body Adornment. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
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Ebeheakey AK (2015). The cultural interpretation of body marks among selected Dangme groups in Ghana. Kumasi: Unpublished MPhil Thesis: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.

 

 

Fordjour A (2013). A true history of the Ga peoples.

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Frecentese V (2013). Tattooing identity: An analysis of historical and contemporary tattooing practices among members of the military community. Colorado: Unpublished thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology, The Colorado College.

 

 

Gross R (1993). Budhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Budhism. New York: State University of New York Press.

 

 

Juergensmeyer M, Roof WC (Eds.) (2011). Encyclopedia of Global Religion. SAGE Publications.
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Kwakye-Opong R (2011). Clothing and adornment in the Ga culture: Seventeenth to twenty-first century. Kumasi: Unpublished PhD Thesis: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

 

 

Mark JJ (2011). The Myth of Adapa. Ancient History Encyclopedia:

View

 

 

Medda G (n.d). The concept of religion. Arnudhyan: An International Journal of Social Sciences (AIJSS). Raja N. L. Khan Women's College, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.

 

 

Murano G (2013). 8 Most Extreme Cultural Body Modifications.

 

 

Myhre PO (2009). What is religion in Introduction to Religious Studies. Anselon Academic, Christian Brothers Publishing.

 

 

Ndemanu MT (2018). Traditional African religions and their influences on the worldview of Bangwa people of Cameroon. Expanding the cultural horizons of study abroad students and professionals. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 30(1):70-84
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Ponelis SR (2015). Using interpretive qualitative case studies for exploratory research in doctoral studies: a case of information systems research in small and medium enterprises. International Journal of Doctoral Studies 10:535-550.
Crossref

 

 

Randolph-Macon College (2013). History. Ga Adangbe:

View

 

 

Roper K (2004). Africa Scarification History.

 

 

Sauce B, Matzel L (2017). Inductive Reasoning. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer International Publishing 6:1-8.
Crossref

 

 

Subapriya R, Nagini S (2005). Medicinal Properties of Neem Leaves: A Review. Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anticancer Agents 5(2):149-156.
Crossref

 

 

Summers MR (2007). Marking the Body, Marking the Soul. The Religious Dimensions of Body Modification. Athens: University of Georgia.

 

 

Taliaferro C, Draper P, Quinn PL (2010). A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. John Wiley and Sons.
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Tassie G (2003). Identifying the Practice of Tattooing in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 14:85-101.
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Unuigwomen AF (2005). Reincarnation as a metaphysical principle of explanation in African traditional thought: A critique. Global Journal of Humanities 3(1).
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Utoh-Ezeajugh T (2003). Body adornment practises in Nigerian culture a multi-ethnic investigation. Awka, Nigeria: Theatre Arts Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

 

 

Uzobo, Olomu MO, Ayinmoro DA (2014). The roles of indigenous scarification and body marks in traditional medicine among the people of Bayelsa in the south-south zone, Nigeria. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention 3(3):36-43.

 

 

Viator Inc. (2017). Ga-Mashie District.

View

 

 

Vogel S (1988). Baule scarification: the marks of civilization. In A. Rubin (Eds.), Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body (pp. 97-103). Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California.

 

 

Watson-Quartey M (2011). Origin of the Ga-speaking people of Accra.

View

 

 

Wessely M (2013). Inked and in public: tattoos and disclosure. University of Wisconsin.

 

 

Wilson S (2002). Darwin's Cathedral: evolution, religion and the nature of society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Crossref

 

 

Wigington P (2019). Working With the Gods and Goddesses. Learn Religions:

View

 

 

Wulomei.bb (2017). The Ga People.

View

 
         
         

 

Abbasi S (2013). Body adornment and modification: is it art or is it torture? Indian Journal of Research 2(7).

 

Amartey A (1990). Omanye Aba. Accra: Publisher not identified.

 

 

Ankrah KD (2012). Tribal (Facial and Bodily) Marks in African Culture. Trip Down Memory Lane: http://kwekudeetripdownmemorylane.blogspot.com/2012/09/tribal-facial-and-bodily-marks in.html?m=1   

 

 

Astrow AB, Puchalski CM, Sulmasy DP (2001). Religion, Spirituality and Health Care: Social, Ethical and Practical Considerations. American Journal of Medicine 110(4):283-287.
Crossref

 

 

Ayeni OA, Ayeni OO, Jackson R (2007). Observations on the procedural aspects and health effects of scarification in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery 11(6):217-221.
Crossref

 

 

Chano Metal (2012). Brigada de Fusileros Paracaidistas Mexicanos. Taringa:

View

 

 

Chowdhury MF (2014). Interpretivism in aiding our understanding of the contemporary social world. Open Journal of Philosophy 4:432-438.
Crossref

 

 

Cromwell T (1994). Essentials of the Unification Principle-Teachings of Sun Myung Moon. New York: The Interreligious Leadership Seminar.

 

 

Cullivan L (1998). The Meanings Behind the Marks: Scarification and the People of Wa. African Diaspora ISPs, 4 p.

 

 

DeMello M (2007). Encyclopedia of Body Adornment. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press.
Crossref

 

 

Ebeheakey AK (2015). The cultural interpretation of body marks among selected Dangme groups in Ghana. Kumasi: Unpublished MPhil Thesis: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi.

 

 

Fordjour A (2013). A true history of the Ga peoples.

View

 

 

Frecentese V (2013). Tattooing identity: An analysis of historical and contemporary tattooing practices among members of the military community. Colorado: Unpublished thesis submitted to the Department of Anthropology, The Colorado College.

 

 

Gross R (1993). Budhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Budhism. New York: State University of New York Press.

 

 

Juergensmeyer M, Roof WC (Eds.) (2011). Encyclopedia of Global Religion. SAGE Publications.
Crossref

 

 

Kwakye-Opong R (2011). Clothing and adornment in the Ga culture: Seventeenth to twenty-first century. Kumasi: Unpublished PhD Thesis: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

 

 

Mark JJ (2011). The Myth of Adapa. Ancient History Encyclopedia:

View

 

 

Medda G (n.d). The concept of religion. Arnudhyan: An International Journal of Social Sciences (AIJSS). Raja N. L. Khan Women's College, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.

 

 

Murano G (2013). 8 Most Extreme Cultural Body Modifications.

 

 

Myhre PO (2009). What is religion in Introduction to Religious Studies. Anselon Academic, Christian Brothers Publishing.

 

 

Ndemanu MT (2018). Traditional African religions and their influences on the worldview of Bangwa people of Cameroon. Expanding the cultural horizons of study abroad students and professionals. The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad 30(1):70-84
Crossref

 

 

Ponelis SR (2015). Using interpretive qualitative case studies for exploratory research in doctoral studies: a case of information systems research in small and medium enterprises. International Journal of Doctoral Studies 10:535-550.
Crossref

 

 

Randolph-Macon College (2013). History. Ga Adangbe:

View

 

 

Roper K (2004). Africa Scarification History.

 

Sangasubana N (2011). How to Conduct Ethnographic Research. The Qualitative Report 16(2)567-573.

Sauce B, Matzel L (2017). Inductive Reasoning. Encyclopedia of Animal Cognition and Behavior. Springer International Publishing 6:1-8.
Crossref

 

 

Subapriya R, Nagini S (2005). Medicinal Properties of Neem Leaves: A Review. Current Medicinal Chemistry-Anticancer Agents 5(2):149-156.
Crossref

 

 

Summers MR (2007). Marking the Body, Marking the Soul. The Religious Dimensions of Body Modification. Athens: University of Georgia.

 

 

Taliaferro C, Draper P, Quinn PL (2010). A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. John Wiley and Sons.
Crossref

 

 

Tassie G (2003). Identifying the Practice of Tattooing in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Papers from the Institute of Archaeology 14:85-101.
Crossref

 

 

Unuigwomen AF (2005). Reincarnation as a metaphysical principle of explanation in African traditional thought: A critique. Global Journal of Humanities 3(1).
Crossref

 

 

Utoh-Ezeajugh T (2003). Body adornment practises in Nigerian culture a multi-ethnic investigation. Awka, Nigeria: Theatre Arts Department, Nnamdi Azikiwe University.

 

 

Uzobo, Olomu MO, Ayinmoro DA (2014). The roles of indigenous scarification and body marks in traditional medicine among the people of Bayelsa in the south-south zone, Nigeria. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention 3(3):36-43.

 

 

Viator Inc. (2017). Ga-Mashie District.

View

 

 

Vogel S (1988). Baule scarification: the marks of civilization. In A. Rubin (Eds.), Marks of Civilization: Artistic Transformations of the Human Body (pp. 97-103). Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, University of California.

 

 

Watson-Quartey M (2011). Origin of the Ga-speaking people of Accra.

View

 

 

Wessely M (2013). Inked and in public: tattoos and disclosure. University of Wisconsin.

 

 

Wilson S (2002). Darwin's Cathedral: evolution, religion and the nature of society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Crossref

 

 

Wigington P (2019). Working With the Gods and Goddesses. Learn Religions:

View

 

 

Wulomei.bb (2017). The Ga People.

View